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The lodging allowance for postmen should

apparently be for 34, not 35. The salary of the Assis- tant to the Postal Agent at Swatow was fixed (36394/02) at $360, not on the scale given here; but this is ex- plained in the memorandum.

Registrar General's Department, increase $9,732, practically all exchange compensation.

Harbour Master's Department, increase $4,740. The fact that this increase is so small is due to the dis- appearance of the votes for two new steam launches.

Lighthouses, increase $10,600, all exchange com-

pensation.

tion.

Observatory, increase $7,920, exchange compensa-

Botanical Department, decrease $7,656. The pro- vision of $3,000 for an Economic Garden in the New Territory has been struck out, with a note:-"This garden does not exist, having proved a failure". The vote for laying out Mountain Lodge grounds has been cut down $1,200; a vote of $1,000 for turfing around Police Stations, New Territory, has been spent, and $5,000 for the Kowloon Public Recreation Ground has been transferred to the Public Works Department.

Judicial and legal Departments, increase $52,270. Over $40,000 of this is exchange compensation, and $9,600 the result of putting the new Attorney General on a sterling salary of £1,500.

Land Court, New Territory, decrease $9,000. The President draws salary at $6,000, with exchange com- pensation. His office is not pensionable, and should

have